Crime Movies
Return of a Stranger (1961)
An obsessed man returns to claim the woman he loves.
Offbeat (1961)
When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to…
Rag Doll (1961)
A British drama about a girl becoming a woman after she relocates to London. She and her young boyfriend become tempted by one of her older admirers money.
Girls Beware (1961)
Girls Beware is a trilogy of tragedies brought about by teenage girls’ attempts at independent behavior. Covers do’s and don’ts in the babysitting situation. Develops the problem of the ‘PICK…
Fiend of Dope Island (1961)
Charlie is a dope smuggler who lives on his own private desert island and rules over the natives with an iron fist. When the native stooges get out of line,…
Two Way Stretch (1960)
Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning…
The Human Vapor (1960)
A librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into ‘The Human Vapour’. He uses his new ability to rob banks to fund the career…
Too Hot to Handle (1960)
A French reporter working on a steamy story about the secret strip joints found in London’s Soho district becomes involved in the lives of the owner and star of a…
The Housemaid (1960)
A piano composer’s family moves into a new house; when his pregnant wife collapses from working to support the family, he hires a housemaid to help with housework.
Key Witness (1960)
An average Los Angeles citizen witnesses a gang murder when he stops to use a telephone. When he presents himself to the LAPD as the only person willing to identify…
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
In this loose adaptation of “Hamlet,” illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At…
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)
A reporter is murdered while driving to his job. The Police are contacted by a clairvoyant who saw the death in a vision, but some dark force is preventing him…
Piccadilly Third Stop (1960)
A playboy tries to recruit a gang, who include an American who needs cash to satisfy his wife’s expensive tastes, and an old time expert cracksman, to rob a foreign…
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)
London at the turn of the century. Three men are on a mission from the IRA to steal all the gold in the vaults of the Bank of England. Norgate,…
Hideout in the Sun (1960)
Two brothers rob a bank and take a young girl hostage. They find out that the girl is a nudist, so they force her to take them to a nudist…
Murder Inc. (1960)
Chronicles the rise and fall of the organised crime syndicate known as Murder, Incorporated, focusing on powerful boss Lepke and violent hit man Reles.
Man on a String (1960)
U.S. spies catch a Moscow-born U.S. citizen helping spies, and they force him to counterspy.
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained…
Twelve Hours to Kill (1960)
After witnessing a gangland murder, a young Greek immigrant flees for his life and hides out in a small town, but he soon realizes he’s not as safe there as…
Circus of Horrors (1960)
A plastic surgeon and his nurse join a bizarre circus to escape from the police. Here he befriends deformed women and transforms them for his “Temple of Beauty”. However, when…
Intimidation (1960)
Koreyoshi Kurahara’s ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a desperate bank manager, blackmailed for book-cooking, and his resentful but timid underling, passed over for a promotion. The…
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewelry thieves. After a spell in jail, the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the idea of stealing from…
The Pusher (1960)
A detective investigating the murder of a heroin addict discovers that there is a connection between the junkie and his fiance, who is his boss’ daughter.
The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)
An ex-major forces a scientist to develop a invisibility formula, with which he plans to create an invisible army and sell it to the highest bidder. However there are side…
The Gazebo (1960)
TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can’t let the body rest there.
The Shakedown (1960)
Augie comes out of prison and finds his old vice racket has been taken over by the sinister Gollar, so he dreams up a new scam.
Pretty Boy Floyd (1960)
Trying to shake his troubled past and start a new honest life, Floyd loses his job because of that past. With nowhere to go but back home in Oklahoma he…
The Purple Gang (1959)
The story of the infamous Purple Gang – a ring of bootleggers, hijackers and killers in 1920’s Detroit.
Vice Raid (1959)
Edge of Eternity (1959)
Helped by socialite Janice Kendon and barkeeper Scott O’Brien, Arizona deputy sheriff Les Martin works to solve three brutal murders in and around the Grand Canyon. His efforts leads to…
Sapphire (1959)
Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects — including the…
Crime and Punishment USA (1959)
Believing he can elude justice, a California law student murders an elderly pawnbroker, then matches wits with the detective on the case.